Daniel Andrews
- Opinion
- Gender equality
The misogyny coin buys less than it used to
Allegations of sexism no longer spark political movements. Voters’ focus is on something else.
- Parnell Palme McGuinness
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- Opinion
- Victorian election
In a normal election, Jacinta Allan would be gone. These are not normal times
Now that Pauline Hanson’s army of the dead is on the march, Labor MPs need to stop plotting against their own queen and prepare for the battle to come.
- Chip Le Grand
Secret departmental plan for radical expansion of suburban high-rise push
There are currently 60 high-rise activity centres. A secret plan drawn up by a state government department calls for 150 more.
- Daniella White
‘A pox on all of them’: Former IBAC chief slams major parties over integrity
Former IBAC commissioners Stephen O’Bryan and Robert Redlich have been calling for greater powers since the early years of the anti-corruption agency. They remain frustrated by the lack of political action.
- Chip Le Grand
Mystery challenge to Andrews-era corruption report revives calls for law changes
IBAC has agreed to shelve its long-awaited report into the Andrews government’s dealings with the United Firefighters Union until the latest legal challenge is resolved.
- Chip Le Grand
- Analysis
- Victorian election
A Daniel Andrews statue – or just a dead cat?
Be outraged, if you must, at this decision. Just know that this is precisely what the government wants you to feel.
- Chip Le Grand
- Opinion
- Government debt
By promising to fix Victoria’s budget, Jess Wilson has put a big target on her back
Debt reduction is an idea so 1990s it could have been lifted from an episode of Melrose Place. Can Jess Wilson get Victorians excited about balancing the books?
- Chip Le Grand
- Opinion
- Victorian election
What’s old can be new again in politics. Just ask Jacinta Allan ... and Goethe
New solutions is a buzz phrase littered through Jacinta Allan’s public statements. London to a brick says it will be Labor’s campaign slogan in November.
- Chip Le Grand
- Exclusive
- Victorian Parliament
From ‘no extra cost’ to record debt: The 12-year transformation of Victorian Labor
Eight hundred pages of confidential state cabinet documents reveal how a disciplined new Labor government in 2014 evolved into a “crash through” administration – until it struck the unexpected.
- Royce Millar
- Exclusive
- Climate policy
Confidential files reveal logging ban push ignored by the Andrews government
Shortly after Daniel Andrews came to power in 2014, his government received a stark warning about the environmental and economic consequences of native forest logging.
- Royce Millar